Privacy Policy

Who we are

The Meow Meow Groomer found at https://themeowmeowgroomer.co.uk (“Website”) is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”). 

The Meow Meow Groomer is owned by Penny Mayhew and registered in the United Kingdom. 

We understand that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your information is used and shared online. 

The website only collects and uses information that is consistent with your rights and obligations under the law. Namely, data is processed:

  • When you give specific and express consent for us to do so
  • When necessary for the performance of a contract, where you are a party to that contract (for example, if you buy a product or service it will be necessary to collect payment and your contact details in order to deliver that product or service to you). 
  • When necessary in order to protect the vital interest of the data subject (you) or of another natural person
  • When necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests except where such interest is overridden by your interest or fundamental rights and freedoms.

 This Privacy Policy applies to our use of any and all data collected by us in accordance with your use of our Website. 

Please carefully read this Privacy Policy and ensure that you understand it.

YOU ARE CONSIDERED TO HAVE AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED THIS PRIVACY POLICY WHEN YOU FIRST USE THE WEBSITE. if you do not agree to and accept our Privacy Policy, then you must stop using the Website. 

This Privacy Policy is subject to change without notice and was last updated on 17th August 2023. The Privacy Policy may be changed as deemed necessary from time to time or as required by law. Any changes will be posted on the Website, and you will have been deemed to have accepted them on your first use of the Website following alterations. You should check this page regularly to ensure you are keeping up to date. 

What information is collected?

Information you voluntarily submit to the website: We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, submitting a contact form or making a booking enquiry. 

Automatically-collected information: Certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website may be automatically collected from you. For example, when you use the Website, it will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed and the dates / times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked. 

Cookies: Cookies are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalised experience on the Website. You can turn off cookies in your browser to prevent this. If you choose to turn off cookies, please note that some of the features and services of our Website may not function properly. If you would like to turn off cookies then visit aboutcookies.org for instructions. 

How your information may be used

We may use the information collected in the following ways: 

  • To operate and maintain the Website
  • To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to unsubscribe from future emails
  • To send you administrative communications such as emails, technical notices, updates on policies or security alerts
  • To respond to your comments or enquiries
  • To track and measure advertising on the Website
  • To track, measure and analyse the statistical performance of the Website
  • To protect, investigate and deter against unauthorised or illegal activity

Third-party use of personal information

Your information may be shared with third parties when you explicitly authorise us to share your information. Additionally, the Website my use third-party service provider’s use of your personal information as dictated by their respective privacy polices. 

The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:

Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage and provides anonymised statistical information, such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics. Please refer to Google Analytics privacy policy for further information. 

Ninja Forms – this service is used to allow individuals to contact the Website with any questions, comments or other information that they would like to submit privately. We will store your name, email address and message for purposes of responding to such communications. Please refer to Ninja Form’s privacy policy for further information.

Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute or reveal your email addresses or personal information without your consent.

Anonymous data

From time to time, anonymous data may may be used which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies. 

Publicly Visible Information

When you leave a comment on this Website, your name, web address (if supplied) and comment will be visible to the public. Your email address and IP address will be collected but never shared publicly. Data submitted when making a comment may be stored indefinitely. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. 

Cookies

The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customise Website content based on Visitor’s browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein. 

Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by using a corresponding setting of their internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in their Internet browser, not all functions of the Website may be entirely usable. 

Advertising

Display Ads

Third-party advertising companies may be used to serve content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use cookies, as noted above. 

Retargeting Ads

From time to time the Website may engage in marketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, Instagram or Pinterest, in order to market the Website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Website. 

Affiliate Program Participation

The Website may engage in affiliate marketing which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions. 

The Meow Meow Groomer is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon’s websites. As part of this Amazon Associates Program the Website will post customised links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilises cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales. 

Newsletters

On the Website you may subscribe to the newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows the Website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behaviour will not be passed on to third parties. 

Rights related to your personal information

Opt-out: You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us by email to be removed from the mailing list.

Access: You may access the personal information we have about you be submitting a request via email.

Amend: You may contact us via email to amend or update your personal information.

Forget: In certain circumstances you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request via email. 

Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record keeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law. 

How long your data is retained

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. 

Information collected using Google Analytics is retained for 26 months. 

Information submitted through forms, such as email forms or contact forms, are retained until such a time as the data subject chooses to unsubscribe or invokes their right under GDPR to be forgotten. 

Information submitted through the booking enquiry form is retained until such a time the business relationship ends (ie. you inform The Meow Meow Groomer you are no longer wish to be a client)

Information and Accuracy

All content provided on this Website is for information purposes only. The owner of this Website makes no representations as to the accuracy or completeness of any information on this Website or found by following any link on the Website. The owner will not be liable for any errors or omissions in this information nor for the availability of this information. The owner will not be liable for any losses, injuries or damages form the display or use of this information. The Meow Meow Groomer is not responsible for the republishing of the content found on this Website on other websites or media without permission. All opinions are those of the author alone. 

Links to other websites

The Meow Meow Blogger contains links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave this Website, you should note that The Meow Meow Blogger has no control over that website and therefore cannot be held responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting other websites, and other websites are not governed by this Privacy Policy. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy policy of the website in question. 

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this Website may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles etc). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. 

Sensitive personal information

At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us it will be subject to this Privacy Policy. 

Children’s information

The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 18. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 18 in its database, please contact us immediately via email and we will try to promptly remove such information from the records. 

Contact information

At any time please contact us via email for questions relating to this Privacy Policy.